Several years ago, after Rafael Campo–writer, physician, teacher–returned from a
conference on the medical humanities in London, he published a commentary in the Journal …

Several years ago, after Rafael Campo–writer, physician, teacher–returned from a
conference on the medical humanities in London, he published a commentary in the Journal …

When pressed to define “medical humanities,” it becomes more inclusive than exclusive,
thereby resisting conventional disciplinary identity. History of medicine, bioethics, narrative …

Just how perilous this is, at a rather general level concerning the institutional “positioning” of
medical humanities inquiries in relation to medical ethics, is explored in Pattison's paper in …

Accepting as a given that the humanities disciplines are not product or “results” driven, this
paper argues that the core of an interdisciplinary field of medicine and humanities, or …

A characteristic feature of the emergence of new subdisciplines is the development of a
journal, and it might seem that this is what happened when Medical Humanities first …

The definition of 'medical humanities' may be approached via three conceptions—the
humanities as a list of disciplines, as a program of moral development, and as a supportive …

In reality there is a wide spectrum of literature emerging which lies on a continuum between
these two positions, and collectively it reflects an ongoing debate as to the best way forward …

In a formal medical syllabus it is difficult to provide an opportunity for the discussion of
broader cultural, philosophical and personal issues relevant to doctorship. In particular, it is …

To clinicians there are a number of striking features of the ever-evolving field of the medical
humanities. The first is a perception of a predominantly unidirectional relationship between …